3D5 Commonwealth Avenue, 
Boston, Maas. April 20 th, 1923. 
My dear Dr® Schlechter; 
I returned a fow days ago from Honduras to 
find your letters of Feb.4th, assd 24th op my table. It wsagood to 
see your handwriting again and to loarn of your activities in the 
realm of orchid work. I have hardly had time to settle down to the 
numerous duties I have on hand. In fact, I am suffering from the un¬ 
rest which a return from a trip away usually stimulates. 
I found Honduras a bit disappointing. The 
country in the vicinity of Tela and Truxillo is characterised by a 
low rain fall. Consequently the forest presents arid conditions to 
epiphytes and does not encourage a rich orchid development. The 
species I found were mostly of the Guatemalan coaiplex. I rarely 
found more than one plant in bloom so that duplicates are to be vary 
scarse. I added about one hundred species to the known flora of 
Honduras. I cannot yet see my way clear to work up the collection. 
My trip to Yucatan to which you refer was 
just a visit to the Maya ruins of Uxmal, Chiohen Itaa, Sayi etc. I 
devotee about ten days to this. I found a few orchids, but in the 
parts of Yucatan where the ruins are the conditions are arid. I 
found a few specimens of lip i den drum xipheres in flower and saw a 
large number of plants of iSpi den drum Stamfordianum in flower. Yucatan 
as you know is not an orchid country. 
Many thafeks for the Btells flowers and the 
tracings. I have hardly had tame to look at them! 
Powell's Panama orchid paper arrived. I 
note that this was issued on PeoeBiber 30th. Is that date correct? I 
ask because we did not receive the issue until weeks later, to say 
nothing of your reprints which did not arrive until late - Januar y or 
